Northrop Grumman Australia · 4 hours ago
Sr Principal Systems Engineer - Nuclear Surety
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $184K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Nuclear Surety to join their team in Melbourne, Florida. The role involves supporting the Systems Engineering Nuclear Surety Team by evaluating designs for nuclear surety compliance and coordinating with key stakeholders on safety design certification activities.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Supporting the Systems Engineering Nuclear Surety Team
Perform and support evaluations of designs for nuclear surety requirement compliance
Comfortable with requirement derivation, verification processes, system architecture examinations, and communication across numerous technical disciplines
Support IPTs on the implementation and demonstration of nuclear surety requirement compliance to include hardware, software, and test support
Support Nuclear Safety Design Certification activities to produce required artifacts in accordance with AFI 63-125
Lead and support nuclear surety planning, certification assessments, and risk & vulnerability activities to include Fault Tree and Signal Path analyses
Coordinate with key stakeholders such as AFNWC, AFSEC, NNSA, and AFGSC
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline with 8 years of experience, or a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 years of experience
Experience with military aircraft or weapon system design and/or operation to include requirements verification and certification
Experience leading high performing teams across multiple functional areas
Experience interacting with external stakeholders (customers, suppliers, etc.)
Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
Preferred
Experience working with Nuclear Surety Requirements (e.g. AFI 63-125, AFMAN 91-118/91-119, AFI 91-107, AFI 91-101)
Experience with Fault Tree Analyses, Signal Path Analyses, Technical Risk Assessments, or other safety-related analyses
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Experience interpreting, deriving, allocating, or managing technical requirements
Experience with software development
Experience with nuclear weapons design, manufacture, development, or operations
Familiarity with MIL-STD-1553 and MIL-STD-1760
Demonstrated experience with nuclear certification stakeholders such as AFNWC, AFSEC, NNSA, and AFGSC
DoD Top Secret / SCI Clearance
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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